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MACHINE FOR MAKING CIGARS.

APPLICATION FILED MMI. I, 1919.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. I 1919.

Patented May 20,1919.

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MACHINE FOR MAKING CIGARS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I. 1919.

Patented. May 20, 1919.

@Kwam A. J. COLWELL.

MACHINE FOR MAKING CIGARS.

APPLICATxoN FILED MAH. 1. 1919.

1,303,855. Patented May 20,1919.

mechanism for performing this function is from and in horizontalalinement with'each other. In bearings 76 is journaled a rod 79 wlith aprojecting portion having fast to its end a collar 80, and around whichis a helical spring 81V with' its ends abutting against the collar andone arm y75, and having `one end 82 engaging a pin 83 in said arm, and.its other end engaging a pin 84 in the collar. Fast to the rod are:collars 86 integral with depending arms o-r links 87, in whose lowerends are .pivot members 88 loosely engaging bearings 89 in dependingportions 90y upon the ends of the rear porti'on Vof a-Lframe 91'. Looseinbe'arings 77 isa rod, rods, or studs 93 fast tocollars 94 integralwith depending arms'y or links 95 having pivot members`96 loose in theirends loosely engaging bearings 98 in the portions 90 of the frame. Thebearings 89y and 98 are in longitudinal alinement. `The plate 91V issubstantially rectangular and has upon its rear edge. a dependingvertically disposed lip 100, whichvin the present instance happens tohave slots 101 forming vertical fingers 102.

i The plate yields somewhat asthc plunger 17 advances the strips,resisted by the spring 81. This resistance disposes the strips inparallelism, The .strips are prevented from overriding each other'by aplate 104cintegral with the bridge 37, parallel with the bed 16, andterminating adjacent the carriage. The plate has longitudinal slots 105forming parallel bars 106 terminating adja-k centan abutment 108. When aplate 104 is present the slots 101 of the lip 100 permit Ithe latterk todescend below vthe plate 104.' y 1 In operation as the plates 51 descendthe lip 100 descends adjacent thevabutment 108 toward or tothe bed 16behind the tobacco strips, whereupon the plunger 17 advances the stripsagainst the vertical member 100, and after this advance the plates 51elevate the member 100 above the path of the strips. The mounting of theplate 91 is `such'that regardless of the angles of the arms 87 and 95the plate is perfectly horizontal, and the lip teeth 102 are alwaysexactly vertical. At no position of the plate 91 is the lip 100inclinedV relatively -to lthe bed 16, hence there is no period of theymovement of the plate 91 during which the strips can accidentallyescape the operation of the member 100.

In order to keep vthe bed of the machine clean and, ifdesired, recoverany fragments of tobacco broken from the strips during the plungercutting operation, the bed or run 16 is vprovided with longitudinal'slots 110 below the plate 104 in vertical alinemen-t with the slots1.05.. Through the slotsll() the tofV bacco fragments fall away from thebed, and into Vany receptacle placed under4 the bed. In their forwardswingl the lingers 102 describe a slight arc varying the height ofthefingers 'atva'rious VVpoints' of the arc Y as shown in'broken Vlines inFigx9. I-Ience when slots 110 are present in the bed the lip is able toi swing in a lower plane and nearer the bed than otherwise, whichincreases the effectiveness ofthe paralleling operation.

I claimt-fl n i Y 1. In a. machineof the type set forth, the.combination witha run, `of' aafreciprocating shearingplunger fmou-ntedupon .the Irun,y to advance vtobacco strips, :vertically recipro-vcating plates mounted upon-the sideslof the y run,.a1 ms'carried bytheplatesgaj;horizonA I tally-reciprocating platedepending from theVarms. in front ofthe plunger, a, lip' on the plate disposed at rightanglesfto the-plate in the path of the strips, means for `maintainingthe platefin constant parallelism with l' the bed, meansfor-reciprocating the plunger, anda driving shaft -actuatingthe vplungerreciprocating means kfor operating the first mentioned plates. .f Y, l l.Y

2. In a machine of the type set forth, the combination with arun, ofareciprocating shearing plunger mountedv on the run adapted to advancetobacco strips along therun, means for reciprocating the plunger, platesupon the sides of the run,,arms on the plates, r. aI swinging plate,links supported .by the arms pivotallyengaging. theplate, and a lip onthe plate and at right angles thereto-in 100 front of the plunger inthepath of the strips.

8. In a machine `of the type setV forth,'the combination withj a run,-of aireciprocating shearing plunger mountedonv thejrun adapted toadvance tobaccorstrips 'along the run, 105

ving the plate, and a lip on the plate at right angles to-therun infront of the plunger in the path .of the strips. y l y et. In a machineof thetypesety forth, the combination with a run, :of a Vreciprocatingplunger on the run adapted to advance tobacco 'strips-along therum-means for -reciprocating the plunger, plates on the-sides of theVrun, arms carried by theplates, a shaft journaled in theA arms, othershafts journaled in the arms in horizontal allinement with the firstshaft,a helical spring on one shaft engaging one arm,links fast to allYthe shafts, a horizontal plate, pivot'members in. horizontalalinemen'tnwith each othercon-` necting all'the links -withfthesides o fthe 125 plate, and a lip on the plate--atlright angles to the plate andto thel run in advance of the i Vplunger and in the path-of the strips.

.A 1,303,855 A g of longitudinal slots, a: fixed guidef plate platedepending from the arms above the above thel -run provided withlongitjidinal guide plate, and teeth 011 the plate in front slots, avl:reciprocating shearing plunger of the plunger in the path of thestrips and 10 mounted on the run adapted to advance toadapted toregister in the slots of both the bacco strips along the run, meansforlrecipguide plate and the run. Y

rocating the plunger, plates on the sides of In testimony whereof I aixmy signature. the run, xarms on the plates, a swinging ALLEN J. COLWELL.

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